Auxiliary Structure for Facilitating Removal of a Body Covering

ABSTRACT

An auxiliary structure for facilitating removal of a body covering comprises a plurality of plates being movably connected, each plate having an inner surface to serve as a wearing portion for a body part (such as a hand) and having an outer surface, capable of attaching to an inner surface of a body covering (such as a glove), to serve as an engaging portion, so that the auxiliary structure can be fitted into the body covering and inserted by the body part, whereby one portion of the body covering would not be contacted with the body part, and the body covering can be easily removed from the body part by simultaneously holding the body covering and the auxiliary structure and applying a removing force to them.

(A) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an auxiliary structure for facilitatingremoval of a body covering, and more particularly to an auxiliarystructure that allows a body covering to be easily and quickly removedfrom a body part.

(B) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

When conducting washing or cleaning works, persons usually wearwaterproof gloves to prevent their hands from being fouled. Generally,they choose the glove made of impermeable high polymer, such as aconventional latex glove.

However, the conventional glove has the following drawbacks:

1. The conventional glove has a smooth inner surface, which is easilysucked to a user's hand due to vacuum suction and this may cause adifficulty in removing the glove. Also, this type of glove may causediscomfort to the user. Furthermore, when wearing this type of glove,the user's hand is easy to sweat, the sweat accumulated in the glovewill make it more sticky to the skin of the user's hand, therebyblocking the hot air in the glove from circulation or emission, and thismay bring more discomfort to the user and may cause more difficulty inremoving the glove.

2. The conventional glove is usually manufactured in one size. Thus, itis more difficult for a user having a large hand to remove a glove fromhis or her hand. Furthermore, when this conventional glove encountersthe sweat from the user's hand, removal of the glove will become moredifficult.

Thus, there is a need to develop a glove that can be worn and removedeasily to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional glove.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliarystructure for facilitating removal of a body covering.

To achieve the above object of the present invention, the auxiliarystructure may comprise a plurality of plates being movably connected,each plate having an inner surface to serve as a wearing portion for abody part and having an outer surface, capable of attaching to an innersurface of a body covering, to serve as an engaging portion; whereby,the auxiliary structure can be fitted into the body covering to allowone portion of the body covering not to contact with the body part, andthe body covering can be easily removed from the body part bysimultaneously holding the body covering and the auxiliary structure andapplying a removing force to them.

Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the present inventionwill become more apparent from the following detailed description whentaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a 3-dimensional exploded view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention

FIG. 3 is a 3-dimensional view showing a glove and the presentinvention.

FIG. 4 is a 3-dimensional view, wherein the present invention is fittedinto a glove.

FIG. 5 is a 3-dimensional view showing an operation of the presentinvention, wherein a user's hand is inserting into a glove.

FIG. 5A is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an operation of thepresent invention, wherein a user's hand is inserting into a glove.

FIG. 6 is a 3-dimensional view showing the present invention engagedwith a user's wrist.

FIG. 6A is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the presentinvention engaged with a user's wrist.

FIG. 7 is a 3-dimensional view showing an operation of the presentinvention, wherein the user's hand can be quickly removed from a gloveby compressing two opposing sides of the glove.

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view showing an operation of the presentinvention, wherein the user's hand can be quickly removed from a gloveby compressing two opposing sides of the glove.

FIG. 8 is another 3-dimensional view showing an operation of the presentinvention, wherein the user's hand can be quickly removed a the glove bycompressing two opposing sides of the glove.

FIG. 9 is a top view showing some portion of the glove entangled in thepresent invention.

FIG. 10 is a top view showing an operation of the present invention,wherein a glove can be pulled or thrown out of a user's hand.

FIG. 11 is a 3-dimensional exploded view of a second embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 12 is a 3-dimensional view, wherein the second embodiment is fittedinto a glove.

FIG. 13 is a 3-dimensional exploded view of a third embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the third embodiment, whereinvertically compressing force is applied to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a 3-dimensional view showing a glove and the thirdembodiment.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the third embodiment fitted in aglove, wherein a passage is defined between the plates of the thirdembodiment to facilitate a user's hand to insert into the glove.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an auxiliary structure 1 for facilitatingremoval of a body covering according to one embodiment of the presentinvention is shown, which comprises two elastic plates 10 and twoconnecting pieces 20, wherein two end portions of each plate 10 aremovably connected by using the connecting pieces 20 to allow theauxiliary structure of the present invention to be fitted in a bodycovering. Thus, two mutually facing surfaces of the two plates 10 canconstitute wearing portions 11, which define a through hole or openingthat can be opened or closed, to provide a wearing entrance for a bodypart and to allow one portion of the body covering fitted with theauxiliary structure 1 not to be contacted with the body part, so thatthe body covering can be easily removed from the body part, as will bedetailed in the following.

The plates 10 are made of elastic material, so that they can be operatedwith a predetermined elastic deformation. The plates 10 can be overlaidin upper and lower locations, so that one plate is placed on top of theother plate. The inner surfaces (i.e., the mutually facing surfaces) ofthe two plates 10 are formed into wearing portions 11, whereas the outersurfaces of the two plates 10 are formed into engaging portions 12.

The connecting pieces 20 can be an elastic and deflectable film piece,such as a tape.

Each plate 10 has two adhesive end portions, wherein the outer surfaceand the inner surface of each end portion are provided with adhesive.Alternatively, one surface of each connecting piece 20 is provided withadhesive, so that the plates 10 can be movably connected by theconnecting pieces 20.

Turning now to FIGS. 3 and 4, although the auxiliary structure 1 of thepresent invention is applied to a glove 30 for illustrating the presentinvention, the auxiliary structure 1 can also be applied to other typesof body covering, such as socks or condoms, and those applications arealso deemed within the scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the auxiliary structure 1 of the presentinvention can be fitted into the opening of the glove 30, to facilitatea user to remove the glove 30 from the user's hand (i.e., a body part).

In the embodiment, the glove 30 is a type of latex glove, thus it isembodied with contracting elasticity. Also, since the lengthwisedimension of the auxiliary structure 1 is slightly greater than theinner diameter of the opening of the glove 30, the auxiliary structure 1can be easily fitted into the opening of the glove 30 due to thefunction of the contracting elasticity, and thus the engaging portions12 of the plates 10 can be snugly attached to an inner surface definingthe opening of the glove 30. Also, the engaging portions 12 of theplates 10 can be attached to an inner surface defining the opening ofthe glove 30 by adhesive, hot bond, or other techniques, to ensure asecure attachment between the auxiliary structure 1 and the glove 30

Since the plates 10 are flatly overlaid in upper and lower locations,the auxiliary structure 1 of the present invention would occupy lessspace, so that the plates 10 can be stocked conveniently.

Turning now to FIG. 5, in use, a user may hold and compress two opposingsides of the glove 30 at the portion fitted with the auxiliary structure1 (i.e., the movably connecting portions of the plates 10) to allow thetwo plates 10 to be outwardly deformed, based on the connecting portionsat two ends thereof, so as to form a substantially circular opening,which has a dimension greater than that of a clenched hand of a user, sothat the user's hand can pass the wearing portions 11 of the plates 10to enter the gloves 30. Thus, the glove 30 can be easily worn on onehand of the user.

Turning now to FIG. 6, when the user is not compressing two opposingsides of the glove 30 at the portion fitted with the auxiliary structure1, the plates 10 can restore to its original shape, by its elasticity,and can again contact the user's wrist, so that the auxiliary structure1 of the present invention can engage with the user's wrist, so that theauxiliary structure 1 can be firmly positioned on the user's wrist, andwould not slip to the user's hand, to avoid interfering with anoperation of the user.

Turning now to FIGS. 7 and 8, when the glove 30 is not needed, the usermay compress two opposing sides of the glove 30 at the portion fittedwith the auxiliary structure 1, to allow the wearing portions 11 to forma substantially circular opening again. Thus, one portion of the glove30 can be spaced from the user's hand. At the same time, the user mayhold the glove 30 by his or her other hand and apply a removing force tothe glove 30 together with the auxiliary structure 1, so that the glove30 can be easily and quickly removed from the user's hand.

As shown in FIG. 7A, a user may clench his or her hand to allow the handto pass through the wearing portions 11 of the auxiliary structure 1.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, in the process of removing the glove 30,although some portion of the glove 30 may be entangled in the auxiliarystructure 1 due to the contracting elasticity of the material of theglove 30 involved in the removing process, the user can directly pullthe glove 30 out of the hand inserted therein, or the user can hold twoopposing sides of the glove 30 at the portion fitted with the auxiliarystructure 1 by the other hand and then quickly throw the hand, insertedin the glove 20, out of the glove 30.

Referring next to FIG. 11, a second embodiment of the auxiliarystructure 1 of the present invention is shown, wherein each plate 10defines two triangular notches 13 respectively at two end portionsthereof, whereas each connecting piece 20 defines an opening 21corresponding the notches 13 at the corresponding end portions of theplates 10, so that the notches 13 can be exposed outside of theconnecting pieces 20. Referring next to FIG. 12, when the secondembodiment of the auxiliary structure is fitted into the opening of aglove 30, the plates 10 would not be totally fitted into the glove 30.Due to the contracting elasticity of the glove 30, the edge around theopening of the glove 30 can be fitted in the notches 13 of the plates10, to provide the auxiliary structure 1 with anti-slip capability, sothat the second embodiment of the auxiliary structure can be fitted intothe glove 30 more securely.

Turning now to FIGS. 13 and 14, a third embodiment of the auxiliarystructure of the present invention is shown, which comprises fourelastic plates 10 being movably connected by four connecting pieces 20.When vertically compressing force is applied to the third embodiment ofthe auxiliary structure, since the number of the plates 10 is four andthey are divided into two groups, wherein each group includes twoplates, and one group is capable of being flatly overlaid on the othergroup, so that the third embodiment of the present invention wouldoccupy less space to facilitate a storage. Accordingly, as shown in FIG.15, in use, the third embodiment of the present invention can be firstlycompressed to form a flatly overlaid structure including two groups ofplates 10. Then, with the contacting elasticity of the glove 30, thethird embodiment of the auxiliary structure can be easily fitted intothe opening of a glove 30, and the engaging portions 12 of the plates 10can be snugly engaged with an inner surface of the glove 30.

As shown in FIG. 16, after the third embodiment of the auxiliarystructure is fitted into the glove 30, the user may compress twoopposing plates 10 of the third embodiment to allow them to form a pairof vertical plates facing each other. In this situation, the other twoopposing plates 10 of the third embodiment can form into a pair ofoutwardly curved plates facing each other based on the connectingportions at the end portions of the plates 10, so that a passage of apredetermined size can be defined between the plates to facilitate theuser's hand to be inserted into or removed from the glove 30, so thatthe third embodiment of the auxiliary structure can be easily worn on orremoved from the user's hand.

Although the present invention has been described with a certain degreeof particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure is madeby way of example only and the combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention hereinafter claimed.

1. An auxiliary structure for facilitating removal of a body covering,which comprises a plurality of plates being movably connected, eachplate having an inner surface to serve as a wearing portion for a bodypart and having an outer surface, capable of attaching to an innersurface of a body covering, to serve as an engaging portion; whereby,the auxiliary structure can be fitted into the body covering to allowone portion of the body covering not to contact with the body part, andthe body covering can be easily removed from the body part bysimultaneously holding the body covering and the auxiliary structure andapplying a removing force to them.
 2. An auxiliary structure forfacilitating removal of a body covering as claim in claim 1, whereinsaid plates are made of elastic material.
 3. An auxiliary structure forfacilitating removal of a body covering as claim in claim 1, whereinsaid plates are movably connected by using a plurality of connectingpieces.
 4. An auxiliary structure for facilitating removal of a bodycovering as claim in claim 3, wherein each said connecting piece is anelastic and deflectable film piece.
 5. An auxiliary structure forfacilitating removal of a body covering as claim in claim 3, whereineach said plate has adhesive end portions or each said connecting pieceis provided with adhesive, so that said plates can be movably connectedby said connecting pieces.
 6. An auxiliary structure for facilitatingremoval of a body covering as claim in claim 1, wherein said plates areflatly overlaid in upper and lower locations.
 7. An auxiliary structurefor facilitating removal of a body covering as claim in claim 6, whereinthe number of said plates is two and they are flatly overlaid in upperand lower locations.
 8. An auxiliary structure for facilitating removalof a body covering as claim in claim 6, wherein the number of saidplates is four and they are divided into two groups, wherein each groupincludes two plates, and one group is capable of being flatly overlaidon the other group.
 9. An auxiliary structure for facilitating removalof a body covering as claim in claim 1, wherein each plate defines anotch at each end portion thereof to allow said plates not to be totallyfitted into an opening of the body covering, whereby the edge around theopening of the body covering can be fitted in said notches, to provideauxiliary structure with anti-slip capability.